Need more MILK!!!
LO is 2 weeks old today. I've had problems with breastfeeding from the get go. 1st hours of her life, she latched & nurses like a champ. Then she wouldn't take my left side for some reason, same night she was born, lasted full 2 days in hospital. Didn't have her 1st ped appointment until 6 days old where we found out she was losing too much weight. Went to the LC 2 days later, turns out we had a bad latch that affected her sucking, which in turn, affected my supply. I had to start supplementing & pumping after nursing to try to increase supply along with taking fenugreek. It will be 1 week tomorrow since I started this. except, thanks to bottles, she won't take my breast every time. I'm ok with that. She basically gets whatever she wants to eat. I try breast 1st but only am able to BF maybe once a day. So I'm pretty much EP. Here's the issue. She takes anywhere from 2- 2.5oz every 2-3hrs. I am only able to pump 2oz every 2hrs, if I am able to sit & pump for about 40mins. I'm home alone with her all day so that doesn't happen a lot. She rarely just chills for 40mins & definitely doesn't do it every 2hrs! So I'm still not making what she's taking! I will give her my expresses BM until I don't have any stocked up, then a formula bottle or 2 to get some more stocked up, and the breast whenever she will willingly take it. Ive been eating oatmeal everyday, sometimes 3x a day, I'm up to 4 fenugreek capsules 3x a day, I drink an 8oz glass of water before pumping & another while pumping, I drink 1 16oz bottle of coconut water a day, I was getting a Starbucks pink drink everyday but those are too expensive, I always massage before, during & after pumping as well as hand expressing at the end of the session to get it all out. ive even tried putting her to breast after a session to try to trigger that she wants more after I'm drained. I don't know what else to do! She already needs more than I'm making & she's only going to want more & more as she gets older! I'm using the Medela pump In Style Advanced pump. I do pump every 2 sometimes 3 hrs depending on what's going on but every 4hrs at night. I have alarms set to go off every 2hrs but I just can't seem to wake up. I don't even hear them most the time! So is there any tricks that you have tried that I can give a shot? Even if it didn't work for you, it may for me. Any & all suggestions welcome! And how long does it take to see results from all of these? Like the fenugreek? Thanks for reading & thanks in advance for any help. I'm desperate lol!
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